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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-06-01 09:14:25 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-06-01 09:15:37 +0200
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downloadcoreutils-5fdd5c6310098c5ce3cbc608450d5c4104f18c2f.tar.xz
stat,tail: recognize new file system type: panfs
* src/stat.c (human_fstype) [__linux__]: Add a 'case' for the new remote file system type: panfs (0xAAD7AAEA). * NEWS (New features): Mention stat -f. (Bug fixes): Mention it for tail -f. Reported by Travis Gummels in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/827199
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@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
in all situations on GNU/Linux, by correctly determining the block size.
[df bug since coreutils-5.0.91, stat bug since the initial implementation]
+ tail -f no longer tries to use inotify on PanFS file systems
+ [you might say this was introduced in coreutils-7.5, along with inotify
+ support, but even now, its magic number isn't in the usual place.]
+
+** New features
+
+ stat -f recognizes the new remote file system type, panfs.
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.17 (2012-05-10) [stable]